Officials said a deputy pulled over two men late Monday on Powerline Road after he saw them driving without their headlights. The deputy then noticed about a dozen batteries in their car, said Sheriff's Sgt. Craig Brown.

Julian Johnson, 36, of Fort Lauderdale, and Michael Jackson, 43, of Lauderdale Lakes, confessed to stealing three of the batteries in Pompano Beach, Brown said. They also confessed to taking 18 batteries stolen along Powerline Road in a single night in January, Brown said.

The men told police they sold parts of the batteries to scrap yards.

Johnson and Jackson were charged with burglary and grand theft.

In January, 51 truck batteries were stolen in Oakland Park alone, said the Broward Sheriff's Office. The batteries range from $100 to $250. The bigger the battery, the more expensive. Most of the thefts have been from moving trucks, but Monday's batteries in Deerfield Beach were stolen from business trucks.